balloonomanian.
/bəˌluːnə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /bəˌlunoʊˈmeɪniə/, /bəˌlunəˈmeɪniə/ rare.
Enthusiasm or obsessive passion for balloons and ballooning.
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1785 H. Walpole Let. 25 July (1858) VIII. 576 The balloonomania is..a little chilled, not extinguished by Rozier's catastrophe.
1786 ‘A. Pasquin’ Royal Academicians 26 He was seized with the Balloonomania, and deprived in an instant of the proper use of his mental faculties.
1956 Times 1 Sept. 9/5 It was the invention of the balloon in 1783, and the balloonomania of the following decade, which provided the collector with the most prized group of aeronautical engravings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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- spinoso-
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